2004 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2004 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 2004 at the Circuit de Catalunya located in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain.

Catalonia  2004 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 June 2004
Official nameGran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya[1]
LocationCircuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:42.596
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:44.641 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Sete Gibernau
Third Italy Marco Melandri
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Randy de Puniet
Time 1:46.292
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Time 1:47.302 on lap 11
Podium
First France Randy de Puniet
Second Spain Daniel Pedrosa
Third Spain Toni Elías
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:50.497
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 1:50.903 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Héctor Barberá
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Spain Pablo Nieto

This race saw the last non-factory rider to lead the championship before Cal Crutchlow in the 2018 Argentine Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 25 44:03.255 2 25
2 15   Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +0.159 1 20
3 33   Marco Melandri Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +13.923 5 16
4 7   Carlos Checa Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha Yamaha 25 +19.213 12 13
5 45   Colin Edwards Telefónica Movistar Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +21.205 11 11
6 11   Rubén Xaus D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 25 +22.847 7 10
7 56   Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +24.014 13 9
8 3   Max Biaggi Camel Honda Honda 25 +24.104 4 8
9 17   Norifumi Abe Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +35.676 18 7
10 65   Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 25 +40.775 15 6
11 66   Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 +40.862 14 5
12 50   Neil Hodgson D'Antin MotoGP Ducati 25 +56.157 17 4
13 67   Shane Byrne MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 25 +1:03.679 20 3
14 88   Andrew Pitt Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki 25 +1:05.933 22 2
15 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 25 +1:18.199 24 1
16 84   Michel Fabrizio WCM Harris WCM 25 +1:18.515 25
17 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 +1 lap 16
18 35   Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 20 +5 laps 26
Ret 32   Gregorio Lavilla Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 24 Retirement 21
Ret 12   Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 Accident 10
Ret 21   John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 18 Retirement 8
Ret 69   Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 16 Retirement 3
Ret 6   Makoto Tamada Camel Honda Honda 12 Retirement 9
Ret 80   Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 5 Retirement 23
Ret 4   Alex Barros Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Accident 6
DNS 99   Jeremy McWilliams MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0 Did not start 19
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 41:29.955 1 25
2 26   Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +0.109 2 20
3 24   Toni Elías Honda 23 +9.521 5 16
4 19   Sebastián Porto Aprilia 23 +20.871 3 13
5 10   Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +34.337 6 11
6 73   Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +37.569 13 10
7 50   Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +42.087 7 9
8 6   Alex Debón Honda 23 +45.850 16 8
9 14   Anthony West Aprilia 23 +45.938 19 7
10 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +46.235 10 6
11 34   Eric Bataille Honda 23 +50.694 14 5
12 25   Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +50.980 24 4
13 57   Chaz Davies Aprilia 23 +56.785 21 3
14 8   Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +56.895 15 2
15 96   Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +57.366 18 1
16 33   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +58.164 20
17 36   Erwan Nigon Yamaha 23 +1:32.322 22
18 44   Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 22 +1 lap 26
19 63   Jarno Ronzoni Honda 22 +1 lap 27
20 72   David Fouloi Aprilia 22 +1 lap 29
Ret 2   Roberto Rolfo Honda 14 Accident 8
Ret 54   Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 14 Accident 9
Ret 51   Alex de Angelis Aprilia 14 Retirement 4
Ret 11   Joan Olivé Aprilia 12 Accident 11
Ret 77   Grégory Lefort Aprilia 12 Accident 12
Ret 9   Hugo Marchand Aprilia 7 Accident 17
Ret 16   Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 7 Retirement 23
Ret 28   Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 6 Retirement 25
DNS 40   Max Sabbatani Yamaha 0 Did not start 28
DNQ 30   José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3   Héctor Barberá Aprilia 22 41:17.986 2 25
2 34   Andrea Dovizioso Honda 22 +0.016 8 20
3 22   Pablo Nieto Aprilia 22 +0.342 4 16
4 27   Casey Stoner KTM 22 +0.400 3 13
5 48   Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 22 +0.548 1 11
6 19   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 22 +0.733 12 10
7 58   Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 22 +7.907 13 9
8 63   Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 22 +10.793 9 8
9 36   Mika Kallio KTM 22 +13.431 15 7
10 6   Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 22 +13.513 7 6
11 54   Mattia Pasini Aprilia 22 +14.242 17 5
12 21   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +14.333 10 4
13 42   Gioele Pellino Aprilia 22 +16.209 21 3
14 10   Julián Simón Honda 22 +22.605 11 2
15 47   Ángel Rodríguez Derbi 22 +22.655 27 1
16 26   Dario Giuseppetti Honda 22 +22.773 22
17 14   Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti 22 +22.961 14
18 41   Youichi Ui Aprilia 22 +23.575 18
19 25   Imre Tóth Aprilia 22 +40.669 19
20 50   Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 22 +42.929 24
21 33   Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +51.446 26
22 7   Stefano Perugini Gilera 22 +58.908 20
23 28   Jordi Carchano Aprilia 22 +58.995 28
24 43   Manuel Hernández Aprilia 22 +59.548 25
25 38   Mikko Kyyhkynen Honda 22 +1:17.227 30
26 71   Enrique Jerez Honda 22 +1:36.638 34
27 66   Vesa Kallio Aprilia 22 +1:48.618 29
28 78   Jordi Planas Honda 21 +1 lap 35
Ret 52   Lukáš Pešek Honda 21 Retirement 5
Ret 11   Mattia Angeloni Honda 21 Retirement 33
Ret 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 17 Accident 6
Ret 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 16 Retirement 23
Ret 68   Fabricio Perren Honda 12 Accident 31
Ret 8   Manuel Manna Malaguti 4 Retirement 32
Ret 24   Simone Corsi Honda 1 Accident 16
DNS 32   Fabrizio Lai Gilera Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2004 Catalan MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2004 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2004". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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